L5 Overview of Metal Complexes with Unsaturated Ligands

3 types of polyene ligands

Butadiene complexes overview

Synthesis of Metal‒Butadiene Complexes - ligand substitution and direct coordination

Synthesis of Metal‒Butadiene Complexes - alkylhalide precursors and metal-vapour co-condensation synthesis

Reactivity of Metal‒Butadiene Complexes

Bonding in metal-Cp complexes dependence on the central element

Ferrocene reactivity

Ferrocene metallation

Bent metallocenes in low d-count metals

Orbitals and bonding in bent metallocenes

Acid-base properties of bent metallocenes

Different geometries of Cp ligand complexes

Cp ring slippage